How much Protein is too Much??

I know, I get it, I kind of expect that response. Speaking on forums is much more difficult for me than giving a lecture. I can't come across as respectable giving my information using this manor. But before you revoke me as just being nuts, I lecture on the idea that I can spark some interest in the topic. I hope that those who listen to me put their own effort into finding out what I have.

@Sunshine_88 I am gonna have to disagree with you on the idea that carbs are not the enemy. No offence, but everything I've studied about nutrition points to them as the problem

Not during caloric deficits they aren't.

@Sunshine_88 I am gonna have to disagree with you on the idea that carbs are not the enemy. No offence, but everything I've studied about nutrition points to them as the problem

Not during caloric deficits they aren't.

I beg to differ. Insulin prevents the metabolization of body fat. It is what is responsible for locking fat into triglycerides that are too big to leave your fat cells. Your body burns carbs first because they are toxic to you if the amount of glucose produced raises your total blood sugar to more than 5 grams.

I beg to differ. Insulin prevents the metabolization of body fat. It is what is responsible for locking fat into triglycerides that are too big to leave your fat cells. Your body burns carbs first because they are toxic to you if the amount of glucose produced raises your total blood sugar to more than 5 grams.

Please read the article I attached.
EDIT: I won't bother to paraphrase the article. I would suggest you read it and offer your opinion after you have read it.

You realize the information found in this is based on one, highly discredited resource http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/85/1/69.full.pdf+html

If you must take that as your evidence, very well, its your body.

You realize the information found in this is based on one, highly discredited resource http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/85/1/69.full.pdf+html

If you must take that as your evidence, very well, its your body.

Irony coming from a Taubes fan. We will agree to disagree on this, good day and good luck with your fitness goals.

Is it wrong to promote accurate information? I've gathered for you every study I've read over the years. Feel free, it only took me several years to have found and read through it all.

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Hopefully this bout of work on my part will gain me some credibility.

digitalsteel

Is it wrong to promote accurate information? I've gathered for you every study I've read over the years. Feel free, it only took me several years to have found and read through it all.

Hopefully this bout of work on my part will gain me some credibility.

Making a list of irrelevant and poorly constructed studies and parroting the work of Taubes which has been discredited is pointless. Who wants to fish through your wall of text to see if you have a valid point? I've already read Taubes debate several people and he gets destroyed each time. Poor guy tries to argue against the laws of thermodynamics and the bulk of peer reviewed scientific evidence.

If you want to discuss a few articles then that would be much more productive. However, you'll find that the articles you use to make your point are poorly designed. The studies put carbs in a negative light by mismatching protein levels, having a deficient protein diet or calories levels that are not controlled properly.

You've already been presented with a link to evidence to the contrary which cites sufficient peer reviewed scientific evidence and you've ignored it.

Digitalsteel, you're too predictable: "He would then respond by trying to place the burden on you to explain which ones are irrelevant."

Taubes has already been dismissed. Now, some of us have already scanned through and saw shoddy studies already (Rats), so please pick relevant studies. We don't have to time to sift through all the bull**** you've provided. Posting a study does not make you right. I can post a study about how fruit is delicious but does not make it relevant to my point. Should I expect you to sift through 100 studies on the deliciousness of fruit to see if it's relevant? That's stupid.

I follow Elite Nutrition's advice on a healthy balance of 40% carbs, 40% protein, 20% fat. And when I eat high protein I still try to include some carbs with it to assist in absorption. To me keeping the balance is a higher priority than the calorie counting. I had to create my own excel sheet nifty little calculator since the website lacks in reporting and pie charts for your daily intake. But if you're using default you can adjust your goals in my home-->goals and do a manual set to 40/40/20. Then maybe you won't see that red on protein quite so often.

I follow Elite Nutrition's advice on a healthy balance of 40% carbs, 40% protein, 20% fat. And when I eat high protein I still try to include some carbs with it to assist in absorption. To me keeping the balance is a higher priority than the calorie counting. I had to create my own excel sheet nifty little calculator since the website lacks in reporting and pie charts for your daily intake. But if you're using default you can adjust your goals in my home-->goals and do a manual set to 40/40/20. Then maybe you won't see that red on protein quite so often.

Percentage-based programming can be problematic. Macronutrient targets should be individualzed based on the needs dictated by LBM (or a surrogate measure such as target BW), while factoring activity level. To illustrate the problem with percentage-based setups, 40%C/40%P/20%F would tend to be overly restrictive in fat under hypocaloric conditions. In hypercaloric conditions, it would tend to be needlessly high in protein.